Not as troublefree as my Toyotas, but more fun to drive. Used is the way to buy them. My P5 with bald tires, obviously rusting and leaking oil and $9100 for the much newer and lower mileage fully loaded 3. The only option I think it is missing is the automatic. Leather, moonroof, NAV (such as it is) Bose audio, traction control, ABS, and Mazda's smart key technology.
They have to fix the passenger front door latch as you cannot open it from the inside , so I have a we owe from them for that.